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>Hi Carol, > >They had always been barefoot at home, in the yard and >in public, but their school wouldn't budge on the >matter. Fortunately, we ended up needing to move, and >we were able to "shop around" to find an elementary >and high school that were both fine with them >attending barefoot. We moved just before our daughter >started kindergarten, and later on she was very proud >to be able to say that she had never worn shoes to >school. Our son's feet started getting much tougher >from not needing to wear shoes to school, and they >both started barefooting outside later into the winter >and earlier in the spring. The rest, much like their >footwear, is history. > >Ours both absolutely loved going barefoot full time, >and still do to this day. We had promised that we >would let them get rid of their shoes for Christmas, >and that year we were awoken not by their wanting to >open presents but because they had their shoes bagged >up and ready to donate and wanted to go as soon as >possible. As it turned out, the Salvation Army didn't >open for another few hours, but when it did we were >the first ones there. To this day, the photo we took >of them holding their last pairs of shoes over the >donation bin might be the happiest I've ever seen >them, and I don't think they stopped smiling for about >a week after they were gone. > >Do you have any plans for getting rid of your >childrens' shoes once they're ready, and have you >talked to them about it? We live in such a >shoe-obsessed society that the idea of intentionally >not owning footwear might not have even crossed their >minds. Our kids only discovered it was possible when >our son read about someone else doing it on the >internet.

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